Risk & Insurance

Next-Level Occ-Health Training Will Help Improve Care for Injured Employees

The field of occupational health has been a piece of the workers’ compensation puzzle for a very long time. Even so, it remains a lesser known specialty area even to the health care community — an issue that has limited the number of practitioners...

Posted: Aug 04, 2020

Legal Roundup: A Step Forward for Flint’s Water Crisis, Kit Kat Chocolate Up for Debate and More

White Kit Kat Doesn’t Need to Be White Chocolate After All The Case: Americans might not know it, but there are

Posted: Aug 04, 2020

Understanding the Unexpected: COVID-19, Workers Compensation, and Complex Adaptive Systems

Looking over the last few months, it can feel rather absurd that a respiratory disease in Wuhan, China has led to such varied outcomes as a run on toilet paper in suburban Maryland or EU...

Posted: Aug 04, 2020

Understanding the Unexpected: COVID-19, Workers’ Compensation and Complex Adaptive Systems

Looking over the last few months, it can feel rather absurd that a respiratory disease in Wuhan, China has led to such varied outcomes as a run on toilet paper in suburban Maryland or EU...

Posted: Aug 04, 2020

Considering Buying Business Interruption Coverage? You Better Understand How COVID-19 Changed the Ga...

Business interruption (BI) insurance was originally designed to protect companies in the event of a loss caused by physical property damage. Advertisement

Posted: Aug 04, 2020

Biometric Data: Massive Security Risk or the Only Way Forward for COVID-19 Safety?

Fueled by the harsh realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies, public institutions and other entities are mulling the use of biometric technology for a variety of goals. Advertisement

Posted: Aug 04, 2020

What Is Fatigue Identification Software and Is It Ready for Implementation?

Fatigue is among the most prevalent workplace challenges faced by safety professionals and risk managers, affecting millions of workers across industries. More than a simple feeling of drowsiness, fatigue is the cumulative result of poor or insuff...

Posted: Aug 03, 2020

9 Ways Businesses Will Change as a Result of COVID-19

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Posted: Aug 02, 2020

3 Liability Lines Caught in a Tightening Vise of COVID-19 Accountability

Before the pandemic, the outlook for most lines of liability was cautiously optimistic. After years of rising losses, insufficient rate, excess capacity and combined ratios over 100, the market finally began hardening significantly after th...

Posted: Aug 02, 2020

Protected: A COVID-19 Response Strategy that Shows Resilience in a Changing Environment

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Posted: Jul 31, 2020

WCRI Reports Opioid Use Down, But Strict Regulation Remains

Drug regulations and spend are important for any workers’ compensation program to monitor.  If a program doesn’t adhere to state and federal regulations, it could run afoul of the law and prompt lawsuits or worse. Add to...

Posted: Jul 31, 2020

COVID-19 Serves as Catalyst for Telerehab Adoption

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Posted: Jul 30, 2020

50 Years of Misinformation — Squat Lifting Is Not Safer Than Stoop Lifting

Surprise! More research has just confirmed that sq...

Posted: Jul 30, 2020

Protected: 3 Trends Are Increasing Schools’ Exposure to Liability Claims. Here’s What Educators Need...

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Posted: Jul 29, 2020

Long Data Versus Deep Data: What’s the Difference and Why Should We Care?

Digitally enabled business models are changing the risk profile of legacy industries or creating new industries altogether. Therefore, the opportunity to give an underwriter five to ten years of loss data associated with stable revenue that...

Posted: Jul 29, 2020

4 Ways Video Monitoring Boosts Safety and Efficiency on Construction Sites

Have you ever gotten tongue-tied when someone says, “Say something, you’re on camera!”  Why do people sometimes set up fake cameras to deter mischief? Would a thief rob a bank if they knew they were being recorded?

Posted: Jul 29, 2020

Protected: How Injured Worker Advocacy Helped Overcome 3 Early WC Claims Management Challenges Durin...

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Posted: Jul 28, 2020

Underwriting the Outfitters: How Philadelphia Insurance Tackles the Great Outdoor Sector

Whether it’s flicking a dry fly toward a feeding rainbow trout or hiking up aspen-girdled mountains, there are few experiences that match the adrenaline rush inspired by the great outdoors. That’s why millions of people take to the wilds of...

Posted: Jul 27, 2020

Legal Roundup: Company Softball Not Covered Under Workers’ Comp, Clint Eastwood Won’t Sell You Pot a...

You Don’t Really Think Clint Eastwood Is in the CBD Business, Do Ya Punk? The Case: Despite what you may have read on the internet, Clint Eastwood is not making CBD products. In fact, Eas...

Posted: Jul 27, 2020